COUNTERATTACKS ATTEMPTED

Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 146, 21 June 1916, Page 7

COUNTERATTACKS ATTEMPTED

RUSSIAN PROGRESS CONTINUES

PETROGRAD,'I9th June. A Russian official communique states : The enemy attempted to make counter-attacks in order to stop General Brusiloff's progress towards Lemberg. The Austrians-at. Lokatchi, southward of the road from Lutsk to Vladimir Volinsky, attacked us in mass formation, piercing one sector and capturing, three guns. After the la-st shell fell, our reinforcements routed the advancing enemy. The guns were retaken, and three hundred prisoners were captured. A Russian regiment south-east of Lokatchi, counter-attacking, put their assailants to flight. A section of our light artillery advanced to the edge of the wood, and fired point-blank at the retreating enemy. Four machine guns were captured, after a desperate fight. At Bojeff, in the same district, we took one thousand prisoners, capturing four machine guns. . > The enemy during his attacks southward of Radziviloff used liquid fire. .We took 1800 prisoners in this district. The Russians crossed tho Pruth in many places, and, advancing rapidly 'towards the river Serbta, captured ten guns near Czemowitz. We captured during the pursuit, four hnndred prisoners, two heavy guns, one thousand ■wagons, and provisions and forage. ■ . . A DEFEAT FOR YON LINSINCEN. • ' ■ (Received-June 21, 10 a.m.) PARIS, 20fh June. The Russians .advanced considerably- after defeating two divisions of Yon Linsingen's command westward of Kolki. The Germans have brought up numerous reinforcements in' an attempt to check the advance in the Torchin district.